A former pro wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter tag-teamed with Dallas police this week to educate students at several DISD schools on the impact of bullying.

Daniel Puder, who competed in World Wrestling Entertainment, founded the nonprofit My Life My Power in 2010 to address what he sees as a national bullying crisis.

Addressing students at Comstock Middle School on Tuesday, the 31-year-old California native, still imposing at 6-foot-3 and more than 225 pounds, said he knows about the subject not because he was a bully but because he suffered from bullying as a child.

“I was teased and bullied every day in school,” said Puder, who says he suffered from learning disabilities, “but I always treated everyone with great respect. And that is how you build relationships.”

My Life My Power is teaming with the Dallas Police Department and the Police Athletic League to educate students on the negative effects of bullying and how to deal with bullies in school. Several members of the DPD joined Puder at Comstock.

“We are going to learn and use this program, because for us to be successful in life, we have to learn to get along with one another,” Deputy Chief C.L. Williams said.

My Life My Power encourages children to find success through school and jobs and use that to enhance their self-esteem and development. He provided the school 100 autographed copies of his program for counselors to use with students who may be victims of bullies.

“It’s really about taking a kid and developing them for the future,” Puder said. “It’s about personal development and growth.”

Throughout the assembly, Puder shared pictures and stories of children who committed suicide after constant bullying.

“You can be whoever you want to be in life, but we are not going to let you be a bully,” he said.